What a team Australia had: Gilchrist,Hayden ,Ponting ,Clark , d martyn ,Lehman,symonds, Warne, Lee,Gillespie ,McGrath. That’s a team of pure legends of the game.
@@MrAshiq844 but he couldn't get a second wind in his career ( infact he got several instances of him geting injured or dismissed on his famous pull or hook shot) unlike Tendulkar, mind it Tendulkar didn't score much from 2004 to 2006 due to tennis elbow. If this injury didn't happen to Sachin then Ponting would have never came anywhere close to him in tests. ODIs he was any way no where close to Sachin.
@@ramk3860 Australia was the greatest team in History of Cricket at that period particularly and bcoz of that they always played to win that's why their winning percentage is the highest among all. And bcoz when you always play for a win you always have to play an attacking cricket. And bcoz Ponting was the captain he always played like that. But Sachin and India was seldom played in that mood. And according to me this was the reason why Sachin was ahead Ponting but only in terms of Runs.... In terms of trophies Ponting had won 4 ICC tournaments and Sachin ZERO.
Those days beating Australia even at home was bloody difficult This series was won by S. Africa after winning this match by mastering one of the epic chases
Celebration Day for Cricket. Greatest ODI ever played. Australia luvs playing in Joberg. Great parochial crowd that appreciates a visit from world class players. At 10:40 Ponting thanks the crowd properly. Historical day's cricket led by 2 fine attacking captains. Ponting down on one knee driving is always a treat...he's more slogging in this knock but still a treat to watch.
people or the critics might scream ,shout but Ricky was amazing and use to be really fun to watch & since form his debut he has been amazing & whenever in a big match situation he was needed he just produced & delivered what was needed at that moment...So he was an all-rounder batsman be it ODI , TEST OR T20 it's the same for him.
The pitch was a road, it was a lightning fast outfield with small boundaries, perfect for smashing people all over the park. Ponting was at his peak at this time so it's not like he needed a lot of help to carve attacks up! He was magnificent. He was my favourite cricketer too so this was just manna from heaven for this Australian! I was so pumped by Ponting's onslaught and Australia finally topping the long sought after 400 target that I couldn't go to sleep as I'd intended to after the Australian innings as it was already past midnight in Sydney. So I was still awake when the South African innings started. Early wicket and I figure "Ahh, this'll be a cakewalk, I'll go to bed soon!" Then Smith and Gibbs start smashing us. It's exciting to watch and they're up with the run rate so I'm like "Once the slogfest ends and we take control I'll go to bed." I never did get to bed :) I was a bit irritated with Punter's captaincy as Symonds and Clarke were putting the brakes on as pace off the ball was at least making the batters work for their meals but he went with the standard approach and went back to his quicks. Unfortunately the ball proceeded to disappear to all corners and South Africa scored the epic win. I wasn't too bothered as it was such a wonderful game of cricket and it wasn't a World Cup!
Legendary game. Legendary Batsman. Luvved the sincere thanx to the Joberg crowd walking off. Maybe it was last game of the tour. More a test match player and not accustomed to seeing him slog a few. Still looked so classy.
Ponting never chased like virat Ponting never played under huge pressure S sachin Btw ponting sr is 80 Sachin 87 Ponting has 11 legends in team Sachin has 5 fixers in team Virat is all time greatest odi batter , just hitting in wc final never makes u grt , infact dhoni 91 is better than 140 bcoz dhoni did it in chasing 5.75 in 2011
The only batsman who has scored runs when required and in the most important matches. India have great batsman but none of them scored runs when it mattered.
Ponting is greatest batsman no.2 in that era ,no.1 is sachin 340 inn as opener 15310 runs avg 48.5 sr of 89 pure dominance Remaining 112 innings 34 avg sr of 78 , many 90s batters have that record in middle order Sachin played t20 and odi in same matches for numerous occasions, he never had fastest 50 or 100 yet his sr is 87 avged 45 as opener mostly is amazing Just look those innings 186 vs nz 116 in 123b Next 70 of 27b pure t20 stuff 175 vs aus 100 in 81b Next 75 of just 60b 200 vs sa 100 in 90b Next 100 in 57b 163 vs nz 100 in 101b Next 63 of 32b 139 vs aus 50 in 66b Next 89 of 59b 137 vs sl 100 in 122b in 96 Next 37 of 14b 152 vs nam 100 in 117b Next 52 of 33b 141 vs pak 100 in 107b Next 41 of 28b 143 vs aus 100 in 110b Next 43 of 21b 140 vs ken 100 in 84b Next 40 of 17b 146 vs ken 100 in 116b Next 46 of 16b 141 vs wi 100 in 120b Next 41 of 27b 124n.o vs zim 83 in 44b Next 41 of 26b just reverse 111 vs sa 50 in 35b Next 61 of 66b He kills bowlers confidence and play in a strategic way not a blinder , his 200 has 25 ,4s shows he proved without slogging we can smash bowlers with class , And many more sizzling 50s ,many 90s and 80s were there 62 of 38 vs aus 67 of 44 vs pak 53 of 36b vs nz 65 of 50 vs sl 98 of 75 vs pak 85 of 72 vs zim 57 of 29vlb vs ber 95 of 73 vs pak 52n.o of 40b, considering the bowlers wasim waqar imran 73 of 64 vs wasim 49 of 38 vs wasim waqar imran 94 of 80 vs eng 87 of 67 vs eng He played numerous t20 knocks 82 ofc49 vs nz Sachin is in different class The combo of richards and sunny
Sachin and puntur Lets talk about puntur in odis One of the greatest of all time Away avged 45 At home 39 Neutral 42 Sachin Away 37.4 Home 48.11 Neuteal 49 avg Puntur has lesser avg at home and nesutral but excellent away avg Sachin 49 100s in 451 inn He started to hit 100s 94 , from 94 to 2012 18 yrs , 49 100s, 83 50s Sachin at prime 94 to 99 ,26 100s Sachin in tournament finald finals 55 avg , 6 100s , Ponting 38 avg , 2 100s These 2 ,100s in 1st batting Sachin scored 49 100s in 375 inn Puntur scored 30 in 360 inn U decide who is best
Well just imagine if that catch would had not been taken then surely Ricky was going towards 190+ & gibbsy later had the chance of getting the 1st double hundred if he would had tried to slow down back then but in this match Cricket won & SA alos avenged a supremacy over a long battle that they had been fighting since that WC 1999 SF crickcident.
